Substacks recommended by Amanda Royal

Recommended by Amanda Royal

I'm the founder of Mongabay, a non-profit organization that covers issues at the intersection of people and nature via a global network of local reporters. I also write and take pictures.

Net Zero Notes

By Dr Sugandha Srivastav

Short well-researched stories from across the world about humans in the anthropocene.

Writing in the Pause

By Jordan Rosenfeld

Writing craft author and journalist Jordan Rosenfeld invites you to enter the pause, a place of reflection and dissection of books, the world, and ourselves.

Jordan is a fantastic presenter, author and developmental editor!

- Amanda Royal

Impermanent Joy

By Julie Snider

A newsletter chronicling my journey as a writer and the moments of joy that inspire me.

Our Wild Neighbors

By Alexandra Kennedy

A series of close-ups on urban wildlife in Western Massachusetts and beyond

dreary dendrophile

By Lyns McCracken

Journals of a haunted hiker in the PNW. For curious travelers who want to connect with nature and spirits.

Spooky good fun by a great writer and photographer.

- Amanda Royal

Climate Anxiety and Spiritual Resilience

By Suzanne Crawford O'Brien

Reflections on climate anxiety and spiritual resilience by a professor of religious studies and Indigenous studies

Global Nature Beat

By Mike Shanahan

A newsletter for journalists (and others!) on biodiversity, conservation and nature-based solutions to climate change.

Predirections

By Jonathan Tonkin

Climate, biodiversity and water: predictions, redirections, adaptations. Personal reflections and actionable information from a working scientist.

one sunflower

By rena

I'm alive with the weight of you, To keep you safe I slay the dawn

Luscious poetry that surprises and delights every time.

- Amanda Royal

In The Garden Of His Imagination

By David E. Perry

Where this photographer, storyteller shows and sometimes, tells...

Chasing Nature

By Bryan Pfeiffer

Essays on wildlife, wild places and the human condition.

The Weekly Anthropocene

By Sam Matey

Dispatches Against Despair, from the Wild, Weird World of Humanity and its Biosphere.

The most comprehensive solutions-oriented environmental publication on Substack.

- Amanda Royal

Stunning Sentences

By Nina Schuyler

Admiring, mooning over, loving, and learning to write stunning sentences

Nina will change everything you think you know about sentences.

- Amanda Royal

The Crucial Years

By Bill McKibben

Working on Winning the Climate Fight

The Planet 🌎

By 🌎 The Planet

Exploring our world's beauty and challenges through stories of nature, climate, and human resilience. Join our collective journey of hope and understanding.

A truly planetary perspective.

- Amanda Royal

The Green Dispatch

By Paul Hormick

Cutting-edge news and science on the environment and climate change

The Land Desk

By Jonathan P. Thompson

Western lands and communities--in context.

One-stop shop for issues affecting the Western U.S.

- Amanda Royal

Rock & Hawk

By James Freitas

Nothing more timely, nothing less real

California Curated Newsletter

We're always on the hunt for the untold and under-the-radar science and nature stories unique to California.